Jack Kracken - Revision history

Delisa at 21:20, 3 December 2025

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	Kracken began amateur career in Illinois, having been discovered in Oklahoma. He ~~attended~~ the University of Illinois ~~where he also served~~ as assistant boxing instructor.		Kracken began amateur career in Illinois, having been discovered in Oklahoma. He worked at the University of Illinois as assistant boxing instructor, but was not a student there.

	The ''Charleston Mail'' of Jan 26, 1930 reported that '''Jack Kracken''' was from Oslo, Norway, had attended the University of Illinois, and was already fighting preliminary bouts.		The ''Charleston Mail'' of Jan 26, 1930 reported that '''Jack Kracken''' was from Oslo, Norway, had attended the University of Illinois, and was already fighting preliminary bouts.

Delisa at 21:03, 3 December 2025

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			Kracken began amateur career in Illinois, having been discovered in Oklahoma. He attended the University of Illinois where he also served as assistant boxing instructor.

	The ''Charleston Mail'' of Jan 26, 1930 reported that '''Jack Kracken''' was from Oslo, Norway, had attended the University of Illinois, and was already fighting preliminary bouts.		The ''Charleston Mail'' of Jan 26, 1930 reported that '''Jack Kracken''' was from Oslo, Norway, had attended the University of Illinois, and was already fighting preliminary bouts.

Ric: Ric moved page Human:120764 to Jack Kracken

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Ric moved page Human:120764 to Jack Kracken

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Ric: expanded, based upon research done by Tron Jensen of Norway

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expanded, based upon research done by Tron Jensen of Norway

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			The ''Charleston Mail'' of Jan 26, 1930 reported that '''Jack Kracken''' was from Oslo, Norway, had attended the University of Illinois, and was already fighting preliminary bouts.

			Per the January 27, 1932 ''Daily News Searchlight'' newspaper of Bremerton, WA, Kracken's real name was Emil Ecklund. Later non-Bremerton newspapers, reporting on some of his other bouts, apparently state that he is from Champaign, Illinois.

	*Chaarleston Mail of ~~Jan 26~~, ~~1930 states he is from Oslo~~, ~~Norwy~~, ~~had attended U~~. ~~of Illinois, and already fighting prelim bouts~~.		According to research done of the church registeries in Lillehammer and nine surrounding districts (1890-1915), only one candidate surfaced: Even Ecklund, born 13 August 1899, in Ringsaker, 15 kilometers south of Lillehammer. His parents were farmers.
			The family is spelled ''Eklund'' in the 1900 census, ''Ecklund'' in the 1910 census. There are no traces of him in the records after that, only of his younger sister and parents. The family is in fact the only Ecklunds in Norway at that time. There are some Eklunds (only 126 persons 1900, 163 in 1910), most of them residing by the Swedish border. (''Eklund'' is a more Swedish than Norwegian name.) Only one carried the name ''Ekelund''. There were no Eklunds in the districts around Lillehammer.
	*Per the ~~January 27~~, ~~1932 DAILY NEWS SEARCHLIGHT newspaper of Bremerton, WA, Kracken~~'~~s real name was Emil~~ Ecklund.

	*Later non-Bremerton newspapers reporting some of his ~~other bouts apparently state he~~ is ~~from Champaign~~, ~~Illinois~~.

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	~~Per the January 27, 1932 DAILY NEWS SEARCHLIGHT newspaper of Bremerton, WA, Kracken's real name was Emil Ecklund.~~

	Later non-Bremerton newspapers reporting some of his other bouts apparently state he is from Champaign, Illinois.		*Chaarleston Mail of Jan 26, 1930 states he is from Oslo, Norwy, had attended U. of Illinois, and already fighting prelim bouts.

			*Per the January 27, 1932 DAILY NEWS SEARCHLIGHT newspaper of Bremerton, WA, Kracken's real name was Emil Ecklund.

			*Later non-Bremerton newspapers reporting some of his other bouts apparently state he is from Champaign, Illinois.

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	Per the January 27, 1932 DAILY NEWS SEARCHLIGHT newspaper of Bremerton, WA, Kracken's real name was Emil Ecklund.		Per the January 27, 1932 DAILY NEWS SEARCHLIGHT newspaper of Bremerton, WA, Kracken's real name was Emil Ecklund.

	Later non-Bremerton newspapers reporting some of his other bouts apparently state he is from Champaign, Illinois.		Later non-Bremerton newspapers reporting some of his other bouts apparently state he is from Champaign, Illinois.

John: Boxer:Jack Kracken:120764 moved to Human:120764: Pagemove by bot

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Unknown user at 00:00, 1 January 2005

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Per the January 27, 1932 DAILY NEWS SEARCHLIGHT newspaper of Bremerton, WA, Kracken's real name was Emil Ecklund.

Later non-Bremerton newspapers reporting some of his other bouts apparently state he is from Champaign, Illinois.